confirmation
(noun)
noun
1. additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory
Similar word(s): check, substantiation, verification
Definition categories: thought, proof
2. information that confirms or verifies
Definition categories: communication, info, information
3. making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
- confirmation of the appointment
Similar word(s): ratification
Definition categories: communication, agreement
4. a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
Definition categories: act
5. a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church